Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Evstigneev Soviet and Russian theater and film actor theater teacher Peoples Artist of the USSR 1983 laureate of the State Prize of the USSR 1974 and the State Prize of the RSFSR brothers Vasiliev 1990 holder of the Order of Lenin 1986 Since 1957 he has been an actor in the Sovremennik Theater He played his first significant role in the theater in 1960 in the play The Naked King based on the play by EL Schwartz After this performance the performer of the main role the king the actor became famous His last role in this theater was Dorn in APs The Seagull Chekhov in 1970 In 1964 he played the role of Dynin in the debut film directed by EG Klimov Welcome or No Trespassing In 1971 following O N Efremov he joined the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater His first role on the new stage was Volodya in the play Valentin and Valentine based on the play by MM Roshchina In 1988 he played the role of Professor Preobrazhenskiy in the twopart TV movie Heart of a Dog At the turn of the 1990s he played Firs in the Anton Chekhov Theater in The Cherry Orchard in 1991 in the ARTel of ARTist Sergey YurskyGlov in the play PlayersXXI In total he starred in more than a hundred tapes in films and on television